Photo: Plimoth Plantation living museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Credit: Nancy; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Connections to Help Celebrate Thanksgiving, Part 3

By Melissa Berry on November 22, 2022

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry wraps up her three-part series of Thanksgiving articles involving Mayflower descendants... (Read More)

Illustration: “Thanksgiving at Plymouth,” by Jennie A. Brownscombe, 1925. Credit: National Museum of Women in the Arts; Wikimedia Commons.

Mayflower Connections to Help Celebrate Thanksgiving, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on November 21, 2022

In this article – to help celebrate Thanksgiving – Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Mayflower Pilgrims’ very first Thanksgiving... (Read More)

Photo: the first Thanksgiving reenactment at Plimoth Plantation, from "A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation," by Dwight B. Heath. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Mayflower Connections to Help Celebrate Thanksgiving, Part 1

By Melissa Berry on November 18, 2022

To help celebrate Thanksgiving, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Mayflower descendant and Civil War veteran giving a Thanksgiving message in 1918... (Read More)

Photo: mashed potatoes. Credit: sousvideguy.com; Wikimedia Commons.

Thanksgiving Traditions: My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Mashed Potatoes

By Katie Rebecca Garner on November 17, 2022

In this article, Katie Rebecca Garner shares some lovely reminiscences about Thanksgiving and our family connections to food... (Read More)

Thanksgiving Mayflower Story

By Melissa Berry on November 22, 2021

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the origins of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving in America... (Read More)

Plimoth Plantation living museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Credit: Nancy; Wikimedia Commons.

Find in GenealogyBank Uncovers New Information about Thanksgiving History

By Jane Cook on December 4, 2020

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a discovery she made about the history of the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving... (Read More)

Photo: roasted turkey. Credit: M. Rehemtulla; Wikimedia Commons.

Family Fun for Thanksgiving Day

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on November 25, 2020

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find riddles and puzzles that entertained our ancestors for the Thanksgiving holiday... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Mayflower at Sea." Credit: The Newberry; Wikimedia Commons.

How One Mayflower Descendant Honored Pilgrim Ancestors on Thanksgiving

By Melissa Berry on November 24, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the family heirlooms and Thanksgiving display of Mayflower descendant Ruth Grant Pearson... (Read More)

Photo: traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Credit: Ms. Jones; Wikimedia Commons.

I’ll Have a Side with That: Thanksgiving Side Dishes

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 23, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to find recipes for delicious side dishes for your Thanksgiving feast... (Read More)

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